Pisces Iscariot

Day 3: Saturday, September 30, 2006
I woke up with sore muscles due to yesterday’s walkathon. Today is a new day and today is Game 2 of the UAAP Finals. Tickets were sold-out so we’re just watching it in National Sports Grill (electricity is still out). My hubby got home from work at past 12 noon. He wasn’t ok coz of the traffic and the lack of sleep so we were on the verge of fighting. But we got to NSG just fine. There were still a number of empty tables when we arrived there. My hubby ordered pizza for his late lunch while we watched the Blue Eaglets defeat the Baby Tamaraws. We had to wait long coz of the awarding ceremonies and all while more and more people flock to the place, some are even standing at the back, to watch the Seniors’ match.

The game started at around 5 p.m. already. We are watching it with my hubby’s friend, Jaypee. After two hours of basketball, the Blue Eagles lost by a whopping 16 points to the Tigers. Championship? Not tonight.

After the game, we headed to our Las Piñas home to get clothes coz power is still out. Looks like we’re extending our stay with my mom for a few more days.

Day 4: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Got up at 5 in the morning to go to Araneta Coliseum and get tickets for Game 3. We arrived there at around 630 a.m., that early and the line is long already! Some camped out just to get first in line. My sister’s friends were there since 3 a.m. Wow! Anyway, the wait for the ticket booths to open at 9 a.m. was surprisingly pleasant. However, as 9 a.m. approaches, it is noticeable that the lines are getting thicker and not longer so the chances of getting good seats are slimmer. But I still got two Upper Box B tickets, thanks to my friend’s friend. Our other colleagues, Jaypee and Clint, had to go to Ateneo to buy their tickets there since the tickets in Araneta have been sold-out. We got out of Cubao by around 11 a.m. Whew! So much for a college basketball game…

Wow! Finally! Power is back!

Day 5: Monday, October 2, 2006
I decided to call in sick… because I’ll be watching the UAAP Finals Game 3 at 3 in the afternoon today. We had to be there early for fear of not getting good seats. We just got back from my mom’s house this morning and we have barely settled but we had to prepare to go to Araneta already. It’s so hot outside and my colds and headache were killing me. Add to that my hubby’s migraine and his car sans the air conditioning. All these equal to a petty fight. We were not speaking to each other until we had to. Due to the expectedly heavy traffic at the Araneta Center, we left the car at SM Mall of Asia and took the MRT to Cubao instead— a much more convenient alternative to bringing the car. We reached Araneta at half past 1 and proceeded to the Upper Box where our friends saved seats for us. We were dressed up in our school colors— me in a blue shirt and my hubby, in his Ateneo jacket over his white shirt— all geared up for the much-awaited game.

Drums beating, people chanting their respective school cheers, a dome packed full of fanatics clad in blue and yellow… That’s Araneta as we saw it before game started. First two points went to Ateneo. Cool! Second shot was made by UST… whoa! The cheer was louder than that of ours— the yellows very clearly outnumbered the blues in attendance. Good job by the Blue Eagles in first half, ended 37-31 (if I remember it right). Here comes the pep squad. Ateneo… traditional. UST… galeng! I find it amazing that their entire squad can do cartwheels! Is that a requirement or something? Anyway, it’s the third quarter now. WHAT IS HAPPENING?! Puro foul trouble ang Eagles. Damn! Ateneans are chanting: Luto! Luto! (It sure feels like it.) The second half went by so fast and so frustrating for us. Luckily it ended at 64-all. Overtime… 5 minutes of wasted chance for the blue side. Fate sides with the Tigers. Championship? Not this season. There’s always next year. Oh well… Give chance to others. Win or lose, it’s the school we choose anyway.

We had dinner at Aristocrat in SM Mall of Asia after a tiring and disappointing trip to and from far away Cubao. It’s now raining very hard. We picked up some groceries then headed for home. Unfortunately, the streets are already flooded by now and the car is not in top shape (there had been no air conditioning since two weeks ago). The engine would suddenly stop but my hubby was able to make it “crawl” until we reached the street before our house. We couldn’t go any further coz the flood was already a bit high. So we left the car where the water level is low and walked towards home amidst the rain and the mid-calf waters.

Wow… my 5-day weekend (actually, it’s 6 but there’s really nothing much to say about the 6th day)… everyday there is a disappointment or a misadventure.  Who can get any more misfortunate than I did on those fateful days?

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